Question 1

Which of the following did Handsome Lake advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adoption of new technology 
B)  Eradication of the old beliefs and traditions 
C)  End of religion 
D)  Complete assimilation into White culture 
A)  Adoption of new technology 
B)  Eradication of the old beliefs and traditions 
C)  End of religion 
D)  Complete assimilation into White culture

Question 2

What is num?

Accepted Answer

A)  A specialized shaman who contacts the supernatural directly 
B)   A healing life-force associated with the San 
C)  A ritual practice associated with Taoism 
D)  An ancestral spirit-force that appears in the Ghost Dance 
A)  A specialized shaman who contacts the supernatural directly 
B)   A healing life-force associated with the San 
C)  A ritual practice associated with Taoism 
D)  An ancestral spirit-force that appears in the Ghost Dance

Question 3

Which of the following factors has most changed San lives today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Education 
B)  Religion 
C)  Kinship 
D)  Sedentism 
A)  Education 
B)  Religion 
C)  Kinship 
D)  Sedentism

Question 4

The San are undergoing a revival in their religious practices because of growing tourism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

During the Hungry Ghost festival, Chinese families of the Imperial Era:

Accepted Answer

A)  fed ancestors regardless of their kinship. 
B)  invited ancestors of different families to dine together. 
C)  drove ghosts away to the sounds of firecrackers. 
D)  hid from ghosts inside their houses and chanted prayers to keep them away. 
A)  fed ancestors regardless of their kinship. 
B)  invited ancestors of different families to dine together. 
C)  drove ghosts away to the sounds of firecrackers. 
D)  hid from ghosts inside their houses and chanted prayers to keep them away.

Question 6

The dominant religion in Indonesia is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Daoism. 
B)  Islam. 
C)  Hinduism. 
D)  Christianity. 
A)  Daoism. 
B)  Islam. 
C)  Hinduism. 
D)  Christianity.

Question 7

Shamans are originally from South America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

An ongoing process of fusion and change is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  syncretism. 
B)  evolution. 
C)  cultural relativism. 
D)  assimilation. 
A)  syncretism. 
B)  evolution. 
C)  cultural relativism. 
D)  assimilation.

Question 9

Which of the following is not characteristic of most messianic movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prophetic leadership 
B)  Promises of a better future 
C)  Normally short-lived experience 
D)  Appearance during a time of cultural stability 
A)  Prophetic leadership 
B)  Promises of a better future 
C)  Normally short-lived experience 
D)  Appearance during a time of cultural stability

Question 10

Confucianism is no longer practiced in China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe a traditional San healing ceremony. How has this changed recently?

Accepted Answer

A traditional San healing ceremony typic

Question 12

During the 1890s, a revitalization movement developed within Native American society that claimed to empower individuals to withstand bullets. This was called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ghost Dance. 
B)  Sun Dance. 
C)  Ritual Lodge Movement. 
D)  Wounded Knee Movement. 
A)  Ghost Dance. 
B)  Sun Dance. 
C)  Ritual Lodge Movement. 
D)  Wounded Knee Movement.

Question 13

If an ethnographer were to do a study of changes that have occurred in the practices of Buddhism over the last 100 years, it would be what type of study?

Accepted Answer

A)  Relativistic 
B)   Assimilative 
C)  Synchronic 
D)  Diachronic 
A)  Relativistic 
B)   Assimilative 
C)  Synchronic 
D)  Diachronic

Question 14

The early inclusive view of religion as a belief in spiritual beings was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Franz Boas. 
B)  Max Weber. 
C)  Edward Tylor. 
D)   Clifford Geertz. 
A)  Franz Boas. 
B)  Max Weber. 
C)  Edward Tylor. 
D)   Clifford Geertz.

Question 15

According to the text, a religious specialist who speaks through the supernatural being is best defined as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  sorcerer. 
B)   spirit medium. 
C)  witch. 
D)  healer and trancer. 
A)  sorcerer. 
B)   spirit medium. 
C)  witch. 
D)  healer and trancer.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a traditional religious system associated with Imperial China?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism 
B)  Confucianism 
C)  Taoism 
D)  Christianity 
A)  Buddhism 
B)  Confucianism 
C)  Taoism 
D)  Christianity

Question 17

What is the primary difference between a synchronic and a diachronic approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  One focuses on Western religions, and the other is more global and cross-cultural. 
B)  One focuses on practices in a less stratified society, and the other focuses on state religions. 
C)  One focuses on the here-and-now, and the other takes a longer view of change over time. 
D)  One looks at religion as a system, and the other looks at religion as a practice. 
A)  One focuses on Western religions, and the other is more global and cross-cultural. 
B)  One focuses on practices in a less stratified society, and the other focuses on state religions. 
C)  One focuses on the here-and-now, and the other takes a longer view of change over time. 
D)  One looks at religion as a system, and the other looks at religion as a practice.

Question 18

All of the following religions were legally allowed to operate in the People's Republic of China with restrictions except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Falun Gong. 
B)  Christianity. 
C)  Islam. 
D)  Buddhism. 
A)  Falun Gong. 
B)  Christianity. 
C)  Islam. 
D)  Buddhism.

Question 19

Animism is found only in the religions of state societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The term "evangelical" is associated with all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   association with liberal social views. 
B)  literal or near-literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  belief in a personal relationship with Jesus. 
D)   use of daily prayer. 
A)   association with liberal social views. 
B)  literal or near-literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  belief in a personal relationship with Jesus. 
D)   use of daily prayer.

Which of the following did Handsome Lake advocate?

What is num?

Which of the following factors has most changed San lives today?

The San are undergoing a revival in their religious practices because of growing tourism.

During the Hungry Ghost festival, Chinese families of the Imperial Era:

The dominant religion in Indonesia is:

Shamans are originally from South America.

An ongoing process of fusion and change is called:

Which of the following is not characteristic of most messianic movements?

Confucianism is no longer practiced in China.

Describe a traditional San healing ceremony. How has this changed recently?

During the 1890s, a revitalization movement developed within Native American society that claimed to empower individuals to withstand bullets. This was called the:

If an ethnographer were to do a study of changes that have occurred in the practices of Buddhism over the last 100 years, it would be what type of study?

The early inclusive view of religion as a belief in spiritual beings was proposed by:

According to the text, a religious specialist who speaks through the supernatural being is best defined as a:

Which of the following is not a traditional religious system associated with Imperial China?

What is the primary difference between a synchronic and a diachronic approach?

All of the following religions were legally allowed to operate in the People's Republic of China with restrictions except:

Animism is found only in the religions of state societies.

The term "evangelical" is associated with all of the following except:

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Exam 10: Religion and Belief Systems

Which of the following did Handsome Lake advocate?

What is num?

Which of the following factors has most changed San lives today?

The San are undergoing a revival in their religious practices because of growing tourism.

During the Hungry Ghost festival, Chinese families of the Imperial Era:

The dominant religion in Indonesia is:

Shamans are originally from South America.

An ongoing process of fusion and change is called:

Which of the following is not characteristic of most messianic movements?

Confucianism is no longer practiced in China.

Describe a traditional San healing ceremony. How has this changed recently?

During the 1890s, a revitalization movement developed within Native American society that claimed to empower individuals to withstand bullets. This was called the:

If an ethnographer were to do a study of changes that have occurred in the practices of Buddhism over the last 100 years, it would be what type of study?

The early inclusive view of religion as a belief in spiritual beings was proposed by:

According to the text, a religious specialist who speaks through the supernatural being is best defined as a:

Which of the following is not a traditional religious system associated with Imperial China?

What is the primary difference between a synchronic and a diachronic approach?

All of the following religions were legally allowed to operate in the People's Republic of China with restrictions except:

Animism is found only in the religions of state societies.

The term "evangelical" is associated with all of the following except:

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters